Delta State Men’s Basketball Set for Final Road Trip of Regular Season in Tennessee

The Delta State University Statesmen men’s basketball team (9-15, 6-13 GSC) will hit the road for their final regular-season conference games in Tennessee this week. On Thursday at 7:30 p.m., they will face Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee.

Following that game, the team will travel to Nashville to play Trevecca Nazarene on Saturday at 4 p.m. The broadcasts will be available on the Statesmen Sports Radio Network, with Michael Gross providing play-by-play.

Heading into the weekend, the Statesmen are in ninth place in the Gulf South Conference standings, one game behind eighth-place Mississippi College and two games behind seventh-place Lee. A win could bolster their hopes for a GSC Tournament bid.

Offensively, Dacory Porter leads the team with 17.7 points per game. Bryce Clayton and Je’Marion Westbrook also average double digits. Elisha Puckett recently set a career high with 26 points against Valdosta State and added 10 against West Florida. Porter also leads with 132 free throws made, along with averages of 5.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.

Lee University’s Flames feature Zach Gray, Tylon Chatman, Ben Ritger, and Willie Walton, all averaging double-digit points. Walton is the team’s leading rebounder with just under seven boards per game. Chatman and Dayveun Anderson each average around four assists per game.

The Trevecca Nazarene Trojans have gone 6-4 in their last 10 games after losing to Delta State in January. Jax Abernathy tops the team with 17.4 points per game, while Fred Bailey averages over 13 points and leads in rebounds with 6.3 per game and assists with just under five per game.

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